tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post3536316034231896060..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Law Society & Scottish Government co-host European Civil Justice Day event while Scots civil justice reforms remain stuck in “Victorian” eraUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-81541343369143067632010-10-21T18:04:49.733+01:002010-10-21T18:04:49.733+01:00Fergus Ewing is also a lawyer so he wont want anyo...Fergus Ewing is also a lawyer so he wont want anyone there contradicting all that BS he said to the Law Society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-89023298251225070702010-10-21T17:40:28.806+01:002010-10-21T17:40:28.806+01:00Nothing from the Gill review will get through the ...Nothing from the Gill review will get through the Law Society if it impinges on lawyers making a fast or prolonged buck from clients.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-9856686297424833262010-10-21T16:07:11.178+01:002010-10-21T16:07:11.178+01:00Another piece of tightly controlled window dressin...Another piece of tightly controlled window dressing by those responsible for the sham called the Scottish Justice System.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-89083254207627584322010-10-21T15:40:56.649+01:002010-10-21T15:40:56.649+01:00Clearly this was a profession-only event and in an...Clearly this was a profession-only event and in any case how can you have a sensible debate with members of the public on topics such as debt recovery and enforcement or succession law.The fact is most people are just too thick to understand these kinds of issues and only start shouting about it when they are affected otherwise no one really cares about civil justice reforms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-53300528431447067552010-10-21T14:00:46.682+01:002010-10-21T14:00:46.682+01:00http://www.legalweek.com/legal-week/opinion/155860...http://www.legalweek.com/legal-week/opinion/1558605/civil-justice-scotland-giant-leap-gill-report<br /><br />So much for the "giant leap" after all this time and nothing done!<br />It must be quite bad in Scotland if they dont even let the public in to discuss the justice system!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-51861362515928076352010-10-21T13:50:51.545+01:002010-10-21T13:50:51.545+01:00Obviously they wanted to get it in a week early be...Obviously they wanted to get it in a week early before anyone twigged to it<br />Never mind the SNP will be out come next election because people now know if they vote SNP they will get Tory and we dont want that in Scotland!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-58484104891868403212010-10-21T13:30:12.130+01:002010-10-21T13:30:12.130+01:00Does Fergus Ewing work for the law Society or the ...Does Fergus Ewing work for the law Society or the Scottish Executive ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-19694580255851201812010-10-21T11:56:32.908+01:002010-10-21T11:56:32.908+01:00Hmm the 25th is next Monday so why did they host i...Hmm the 25th is next Monday so why did they host it a week in advance ?<br /><br />Who were they trying to avoid showing up and giving the real story on our stupid justice system ?<br /><br />Was Lord Gill there do you know ? <br /><br />If so did he say anything about why they are taking so long to put through his review ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-25013031064897411722010-10-21T10:19:11.232+01:002010-10-21T10:19:11.232+01:00Victoria Quay - so this would have been held at th...Victoria Quay - so this would have been held at the Scottish Government's office which we all pay for through our taxes yet they were charging £35 each either to price most ordinary people out of going along ?<br /><br />If you cant have a civil justice day without being civil there's no point other than a stitch up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-40549735622326151302010-10-21T00:08:24.491+01:002010-10-21T00:08:24.491+01:00European Civil Justice Day - never heard of it unt...European Civil Justice Day - never heard of it until nowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-54040475899191428862010-10-20T22:54:54.683+01:002010-10-20T22:54:54.683+01:00£35+ per person - so justice is out of reach becau...£35+ per person - so justice is out of reach because its too expensive or controlled by the Law Society and now even meetings where the public are supposed to be able to attend to discuss justice are also expensive.<br /><br />It will take 10 reviews by Lord Gill before you lot get anywhere!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-85326727579232712742010-10-20T22:26:45.064+01:002010-10-20T22:26:45.064+01:00Speakers also discussed a range of topics includin...Speakers also discussed a range of topics including debt recovery and enforcement (throwing people out of their homes, repossession etc on behalf of loan sharks) ; succession law (making the most of defrauding deceased client’s wills & getting away with it) and family law (encouraging as many divorces & custody battles as possible).<br /><br />Sounds about right - how to rip people off which is basically what being a lawyer is all about by the sounds of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-13850228515803263002010-10-20T22:02:20.166+01:002010-10-20T22:02:20.166+01:00Keeping citizens with actual experience of being d...Keeping citizens with actual experience of being denied civil justice out of the meeting.How typical!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-45290822492641575672010-10-20T21:45:25.906+01:002010-10-20T21:45:25.906+01:00Revealingly there were no foreign dignitaries to b...Revealingly there were no foreign dignitaries to be seen in the company of the Law Society and its cronies in the Scottish Parliament at this, the inaugural event.<br /><br />I wonder if Kenny McAskill had the gall to invite any?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com